In Prague, hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated against government plans to cut public media funding.
The demonstration took place in Prague's Letná Park, where, as noted by the Associated Press, thousands of people gathered during the November-December 1989 Velvet Revolution.
The action was organized by the "Million Moments for Democracy" movement. According to the organizers, the protest attracted more than 350 thousand people and became the largest in the modern history of the Czech Republic.
The protesters are demanding that the government cancel a plan proposed at the end of October that would finance public radio and television broadcasts from the state budget, instead of collecting fixed fees from individuals, households and businesses as is the case now. At the same time, the broadcasters will receive about 15% less money, which threatens layoffs and layoffs.